CHA Announces 2013-14 All-Academic Team

HAVERHILL, Mass. – College Hockey America Commissioner
Robert DeGregorio proudly announced today that 94 student-athletes
have been named to the 2013-14 CHA All-Academic Team.

To qualify for the College Hockey America All-Academic Team an
individual must post a 3.0 grade point average or higher in all of
the academic periods during which her team was actively competing.
The 94 CHA players receiving this honor is up from 77 last season,
when the league first expanded to six teams.

Ten of those student-athletes earned additional distinction as
co-CHA Student Athletes of the Year by posting cumulative GPAs of
4.0. Four players from Lindenwood received this honor, as well as
three from RIT, two from Penn State and one from Robert Morris.

Representing Lindenwood as Student-Athletes of the Year are
three forwards, sophomore Lyndsay Kirkham and juniors Kendra Broad
and Alison Wickenheiser, as well as junior goaltender Nicole
Hensley. Hensley, Broad and Wickenheiser are recognized for the
second-straight season. Three juniors from RIT also made the list.
Tiger defenseman Lindsay Kirkham joins forward Celeste Brown and
goaltender Ali Binnington, both earning their second-straight
honors. Penn State added two of their own for the first time in
program history with freshman Laura Bowman and graduate student
Lindsay Riehl. Robert Morris junior forward Katelyn Scott earned
her third-straight Student-Athlete of the Year award.

Of the 94 students recognized, Robert Morris placed the most
with 21. Lindenwood and Penn State each added 18 players, followed
by Syracuse with 14, RIT with 13 and Mercyhurst with 10.

Five members of the All-Academic Team were also named the First
Team All-Conference, along with four members of the Second
All-Conference Team and three members of the All-Rookie Team. The
individual award winners for Player of the Year (Christine
Bestland, Mercyhurst). Rookie of the Year (Jessica Dodds, RMU),
Sportsman of the Year (Taylor Gross, Penn State), Best Defensive
Forward (Shelby Bram, Mercyhurst), and Goaltender of the Year (Ali
Binnington), were among the honorees.